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Chapter seventeen : The predators beneath the ice sea
Author: Ernest Chibuike
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Thomas and the rest of them journeyed through the night until sunrise the next morning and by noon they arrived by a cliff.

"Are you sure we are on track?" Felix said to Thomas who was by a tree behind.

He took out the map as he stared for a while then lifted his gaze to her and said. "I'm sure we are on the right path. We are supposed to move forward," he rolled the map close and walked to her side by the cliff.

"Are you saying we should climb down the cliff because if you are that is a crazy idea. This over hundred feet downwards," Felix said to him but Thomas was not mostly concerned about the height rather he was more concerned about how they would be able to carry Ben along,

"This is impossible Thomas," Elise said.

"What if you teleport us downwards through a portal?" Felix said and Elise shook her head in disagreement.

She told him about Kelvin's warning, if she caused them to go through a portal it would take them somewhere else instead.

While reasoning with him Thomas got an i
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